Protests over anti-Islam film spread

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Arshad Arbab / EPA

Riot police in Peshawar descend upon protesters with batons during a demonstration protesting the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims." Violence erupted across Pakistan on Friday amid anger over the film.

Riot police in Peshawar descend upon protesters with batons during a demonstration protesting the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims." Violence erupted across Pakistan on Friday amid anger over the film. (Arshad Arbab / EPA)

Pakistani protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans at a rally in Rawalpindi. The country has blocked cellphone service in major cities to prevent militants from using phones to detonate bombs during a national day of protest against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States.

Pakistani protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans at a rally in Rawalpindi. The country has blocked cellphone service in major cities to prevent militants from using phones to detonate bombs during a national day of protest against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. (B.K. Bangash / Associated Press)

Protests, many aimed at U.S. and other Western diplomatic missions, spread in the Middle East and North Africa, purportedly sparked by anger over a film produced in the United States that many Muslims deem insulting to the prophet Muhammad and Islam.Warning: This photo gallery may contain...